diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/formula.rb
index 3b4351d057..12b28db2a0 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/os/linux/formula.rb
@@ -7,11 +7,38 @@ class Formula
     "#{name}.so#{"." unless version.nil?}#{version}"
   end
 
+  undef allowed_missing_lib?
+  def allowed_missing_lib?(lib)
+    # lib:   Full path to the missing library
+    #        Ex.: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/lib/libsomething.so.1
+    # x -    Name of or a pattern for a library, linkage to which is allowed to be missing.
+    #        Ex. 1: "libONE.so.1"
+    #        Ex. 2: %r{(libONE|libTWO)\.so}
+    self.class.allowed_missing_libraries.any? do |x|
+      case x
+      when Regexp
+        x.match? lib
+      when String
+        lib.include? x
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   class << self
     undef on_linux
 
     def on_linux(&_block)
       yield
     end
+
+    def ignore_missing_libraries(*libs)
+      libs.flatten!
+      allowed_missing_libraries.merge(libs)
+    end
+
+    # @private
+    def allowed_missing_libraries
+      @allowed_missing_libraries ||= Set.new
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 7af9d17b6f..06084522f6 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -1131,6 +1131,13 @@ class Formula
     end
   end
 
+  # Whether this {Formula} is allowed to have a broken linkage to specified library.
+  # Defaults to false.
+  # @return [Boolean]
+  def allowed_missing_lib?(*)
+    false
+  end
+
   # Whether this {Formula} is deprecated (i.e. warns on installation).
   # Defaults to false.
   # @method deprecated?
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb b/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb
index a654a83701..a0dbfeadef 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/linkage_checker.rb
@@ -55,18 +55,35 @@ class LinkageChecker
   end
 
   def display_test_output(puts_output: true)
-    display_items "Missing libraries", @broken_dylibs, puts_output: puts_output
+    display_items "Missing libraries", broken_dylibs_with_expectations, puts_output: puts_output
     display_items "Broken dependencies", @broken_deps, puts_output: puts_output
     display_items "Unwanted system libraries", @unwanted_system_dylibs, puts_output: puts_output
     display_items "Conflicting libraries", @version_conflict_deps, puts_output: puts_output
-    puts "No broken library linkage" unless broken_library_linkage?
+
+    if @broken_dylibs.empty?
+      puts "No broken library linkage detected"
+    elsif unexpected_broken_libs.empty?
+      puts "No unexpected broken library linkage detected."
+    else
+      puts "Broken library linkage detected"
+    end
   end
 
   def broken_library_linkage?
-    !@broken_dylibs.empty? ||
-      !@broken_deps.empty? ||
-      !@unwanted_system_dylibs.empty? ||
-      !@version_conflict_deps.empty?
+    issues = [@broken_deps, @unwanted_system_dylibs, @version_conflict_deps]
+    [issues, unexpected_broken_libs].flatten.any?(&:present?)
+  end
+
+  def unexpected_broken_libs
+    @broken_dylibs.reject { |lib| @formula.allowed_missing_lib? lib }
+  end
+
+  def broken_dylibs_with_expectations
+    output = {}
+    @broken_dylibs.each do |lib|
+      output[lib] = (unexpected_broken_libs.include? lib) ? ["unexpected"] : ["expected"]
+    end
+    output
   end
 
   private